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Calculating No. of Piles
You have missed another point. Resistance capacity of the pile, which is different at different loading combination. Consult AASHTO design guide.- Geoquery
- Post #4
- Forum: Foundation engineering
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Pile not Set (4 full lengths about 24 m) at ex-mining area
I worked in Malaysia for the Shah Alam Expressway Project. We used concrete spun piles; each pile section was 12 meter length. We even drove piles to 48 meters. The soil was there peat to a great depth. In fact piles even 24 meter pentrates with self weight. My advise is that drive the pile...- Geoquery
- Post #5
- Forum: Foundation engineering
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Pore Pressure Distribution with Wick Drains
Four years age, I performed the geotechnical analysis for the similar project at Philadelphia Naval Business Center. The soft layer (CL, CH and MH) was 15 to 40 feet thick. The surcharge was 9 to 12 feet high. The area of surcharge was about 5700 x 100 to 140 ft. We installed six piezometers...- Geoquery
- Post #13
- Forum: Foundation engineering
